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The Prose Edda on Freyja

The Younger Edda: > Chapter X. > The Goddesses (Asynjes).

relationship: Freyja is ranked with Frigg; she married Oder, and their daughter Hnos is so fair that fair things are named after her

"The sixth is Freyja, who is ranked with Frigg. She is wedded to the man whose name is Oder; their daughter's name is Hnos, and she is so fair that all things fair and precious are called, from her name, Hnos"
attestation: Oder went far away and Freyja weeps for him; her tears are red gold

"Oder went far away. Freyja weeps for him, but her tears are red gold"
attestation: Freyja has many names including Mardol, Horn, Gefn, Syr, and Vanadis; she possesses the necklace Brising

"She is called Mardol, Horn, Gefn, and Syr. She has the necklace Brising, and she is called Vanadis"

attestation: A builder offered to make the gods an impregnable fortress in three half years, demanding Freyja, the sun, and moon as payment

"he demanded as his reward, that he should have Freyja, and he wanted the sun and moon besides"

attestation: Gold is called Freyja's tears because she wept red gold when Oder went away

"Freyja's tears"

attestation: Freyja was the last surviving god, and all women of distinction were named after her, giving rise to the title Frue (Frau)

"Freyja alone remained of the gods, and she became on this account so celebrated that all women of distinction were called by her name, whence they now have the title Frue (Germ. Frau), so that every woman is called frue (that is, mistress) over her property, and the wife is called the house-frue."
attestation: Freyja's husband was Oder, and her daughters Hnos and Gersame were so beautiful that the most precious jewels were named after them

"Her husband was called Oder, and her daughters Hnos and Gersame. They were so very beautiful that afterward the most precious jewels were called by their names."
attestation: Freyja continued the blood-sacrifices after the other gods had died

"Freyja continued the blood-sacrifices."